The first question, i don’t know how to do it.

see explanation

Step-by-step explanation:

(a)

using the trigonometric identity

• sec x = , then

7cos x - 3 = 2cos²x ( arrange in standard form )

2cos²x - 7cosx + 3 = 0 ← in standard form

we require the factors of the product 2 × 3 = 6 which sum to - 7

these are - 6 and - 1

use these factors to split the middle term

2cos²x - 6cosx - cosx + 3 = 0 ( factor by grouping )

2cosx(cosx - 3) - 1(cosx - 3) = 0 ( factor out (cosx - 3) )

(cosx - 3)(2cosx - 1) = 0

equate each factor to zero and solve for x

cosx - 3 = 0 ⇒ cosx = 3 ← has no solution

2cosx - 1 = 0 ⇒ cosx = ⇒ x = 60° , x = 300°

solution x = 60°, x = 300° for 0° < x < 360°

(b)

using the trigonometric identity

• cos2x = 1 - 2sin²x, then

1 - 2sin²x - 3sinx - 1 = 0 ← in standard form

- 2sin²x - 3sinx = 0 ( multiply through by - 1 )

2sin²x + 3sinx = 0 ( factor out sinx )

sinx(2sinx + 3) = 0

equate each factor to zero and solve for x

2sinx + 3 = 0 ⇒ sin x = - ← has no solution

sinx = 0 ⇒ x = 180°

solution x = 180° for 0° < x < 360°

answer is:

1.75 pounds

stew reads at the fastest rate of 265 words per minute.

step-by-step explanation:

it's a given that felicia reads at 260 word per minute and on connie's graph we can see that she reads 200 words per minute. since stew's table tells us that he read 795 in 3 minutes, we can divide 795 by 3 to find out how many words he reads per minute.

795/3 = 265

stew reads 265 words per minute - he reads at the fastest rate since felecia reads at 260 words per minute and connie reads at 200 words per minute.

stew (265) > felecia (260) > connie (200)